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Object Number
2003.3.4
Display Title
Life-sized resting cat
Descriptions
Object Description
Life-sized pottery cat, resting; molded; painted and glazed; molded and painted facial features, paws, tail; painted designs on body; glaze bubbles, firing crack, hairline crack and chip at base; marked Tonala S Mexico
Inventory Description
Figurine of cat resting, modeled face legs and tail, polychrome designs
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Artist
Jorge Wilmot Workshop
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
/
<County>
/
Tonala
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment, Clay, Glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 23.1 x 31.5 x 21 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Tonala S Mexico; 2003.3.4; Tonala / S / Mexico
Credit Line
Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector
Alice B. Melvin
(4/30/03)
Donor
Alice B. Melvin
(4/30/03)
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